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Hannah’s memories of my grandpa. It is fun the things we remember.<\/div>\n
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My great-grandfather lived in Chatfield, Minnesota, for almost his whole life. It\u2019s where my grandma, and all her siblings, were raised. Because my family lived across the country from me, I only visited \u2018Super Grandpa\u2019s\u2019 house a few times. However, the most prominent thing in my memory is the living room. As a baby I must have sat on the floor to play a lot, because I remember playing with the \u2018toys\u2019 we had: marbles and old plastic cups. I recall rolling the marbles around the room or hiding a marble under one of the cups, moving three of them around, and guessing which one had the marble.<\/div>\n
Sometimes there was a movie playing on the TV, and other times we would watch Super Grandpa re-wind the rotating pendulum clock that lived on the mantle. While my cousins and I played, my grandma\u2019s siblings would sit on the couch and tell stories about when they were little children, playing with the cups and marbles. Super Grandpa, however, didn\u2019t sit on the couch; he had a special recliner that he would always sit in. Sometimes, he would fall asleep in it, too.<\/div>\n
The second most distinguished thing in my memory of Super Grandpa\u2019s house are the stairs leading up to the bedrooms. They were curved around the corner, and some of the steps were triangle shaped and easy to trip over. We were always warned not to run on the stairs, but my cousins and I did just the opposite. In fact, we ran all around the upstairs playing \u2018Cops and Robbers\u2019. I don\u2019t remember if any of us fell or got hurt, but I\u2019m sure we did. The other set of stairs in the house lead to the basement. The basement wasn\u2019t quite finished, and I remember being able to see the beams and insulation in the walls, and the lights being quite dim. I remember thinking it was the sort of thing that would be in a scary movie, and never enjoyed being down there.<\/div>\n
The top of the basement stairs lead to the kitchen. For some reason, the only thing in the kitchen that I remember is the highchair, probably because my grandma\u2019s siblings told me stories about how it was the same highchair they sat in as babies. While I don\u2019t recall much else from the kitchen, I do remember the laundry room. The washing and dryer machines, being so old, did not always run well; sometimes they would get too hot and begin to rattle and shake. I remember sitting on them with my grandma so they wouldn\u2019t jump around too much. I recall thinking it was sort of weird, but also enjoying the interesting experience.<\/div>\n
Even though I didn\u2019t get to spend a lot of time in Super Grandpa\u2019s house, I feel lucky that I can remember anything about it at all. More so, I feel very blessed that I was able to get to know my great-grandfather. I am grateful for the memories I have at his house, and the time I got to spend with my family.<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hannah’s memories of my grandpa. It is fun the things we remember. \u00a0 My great-grandfather lived in Chatfield, Minnesota, for almost his whole life. It\u2019s where my grandma, and all her siblings, were raised. Because my family lived across the country from me, I only visited \u2018Super Grandpa\u2019s\u2019 house a few times. 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